Explosive.



[To all whom. it may concern:

srares PATENT oFFIoE.

AUGUSTEEDWARD HARBONNEAUX, OF- LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA EXPLOSIVE. 7

Specifieation of Letters Patent.

Patented April 28, 1908.

Applicaticn'filed October 1, 1907. Serial-No. 395,392.

Be it known that I, AUeUsTE EDW'ARD Cn'an'soxnnxux, a eitizenoii France, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Hos Angeles, State of California, have invented a new and useful Composition of Matter Entitled I Explosive, of which the following is .a speciiication.

My composition consists of the following ingredients mixed in the proportion stated,

Saecharin, C I LSO C QNH, 1 part'by Weight,

Potassium ehlorate, KClO' 3 parts by eight.

To obtain a quick firing explosive these ingredients are first finely powdered and thenintimately mixed in a mortar.

I The velocity of firing or explosion de ends upon the fineness to which the in'gre 'ents' aref poiw The atomic weight of saccharin being about 183 and that of potassium chlorate 122,

The mixture may the proportions of the above equation are correEt for the proportion of one to three by weight. y

The. above equation may be taken as typical of the reactions consummated dur-' ing thefiring of the explosive but other minor reactions may take place due to-the presence of foreign substances in proximity to the explosive or due to the oxygen in the surround-f ing air. Itwill be noted from the above equation that all the resultant compounds are gases with the exee tion of the potassium chlorid and it is imme( iately due to this fact that my'explosive is of'such high efiiciency.

This explosive will not fire by means of a mere blow, unless violent, b'u-t must be fired by a-fuse or, a cap which will transmit a flame to the mass. I

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters I Patent is:'. s

1. The herein, described composition of matter for an explosiveconsistin'g of charin and potassiumchlorate.

2.- The} herein described composition 'of matter for an explosive consisting of saccharin one partby Weight and potassiumchlorate three parts by weight.

In Witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 24th day of September, 1907.

AUGUSTE EDWARD CHARBONNEAUXI Witnesses: 4 Imvm H. 'BARBELEW, OLLIE PALMER. 

